Sysquake for LaTeX

Sysquake for LaTeX is a LaTeX package based on
Sysquake.
LaTeX is the de facto standard for high-quality scientific publications,
from internal memos to articles and books. One of the most cumbersome and
least automatized tasks is the inclusion of figures. Typically, it involves
at least two separate applications, and manual adjustments to obtain the
desired size and text font. Sysquake for LaTeX provides an elegant solution:
keeping unchanged the habits of the LaTeX author, it makes the power of
Sysquake available directly from a few simple LaTeX commands.

Designed by a LaTeX user for LaTeX users, Sysquake for LaTeX is
really a huge leap forward. In addition to scientific documents written once
by their author, Sysquake for LaTeX can be an invaluable help in the automatic
creation of reports in a wide range of areas: surveillance of infrastructures,
buildings or factories, laboratories, finance, etc.

Operating

Sysquake for LaTeX is made of two parts: the LaTeX package itself, a .sty file
(source code) which defines new commands; and a separate compiled program which interprets
Sysquake code fragments and produces LaTeX output and EPS files. For the author, Sysquake for
LaTeX is used like any other LaTeX package: typesetting is performed as usual, and Sysquake
results are inserted seamlessly in the DVI or PDF output file.

Sysquake for LaTeX runs with any LaTeX distribution with the shell escape extension
(\write18), such as TeXLive and MiKTeX. Should shell escape be missing,
the Sysquake for LaTeX interpreter could be run in a separate typesetting phase.

In order to permit typesetting even in the absence of a working Sysquake for LaTeX
interpreter, typically on unsupported platforms, a simple option disables the execution of
Sysquake code fragments, but still includes text and graphical results if they exist.
This makes sharing, publication and archiving safe.

Example

The small example below gives you an idea of how to use
Sysquake for LaTeX. Command sqexpr and environment
sysquake are defined in package sysquake.